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Sorry, didn't respond to Phil's specific questions.
Phil Dodd wrote:
> An essential requirement is that members of the site be able to choose
> from a list of content categories, then receive an email alert when
> content is added to any of these categories.
Drupal has a number of subscription or notification modules that will do
what's described above out-of-the-box. The only issue is choosing the
one that's best for you. See http://drupal.org/project/Modules/name for
your module options. In most cases, I think it's best to use Drupal 6.x
rather than the older 5.x.
> Ideally, members would be able to choose between instant email alerts
> and/or weekly digests of all content that has been added to the site
> under the categories they choose.
Some of the notification functions offer digesting with variable periods
(various options from hours to weeks), configurable on a per user basis.
> I would need to be able to customise the emails, via a template system.
The Mail Editor module is one way to achieve what you're describing
(many of the site messages can be altered with the default set of
modules - this module offers total flexibility). Used in conjunction
with the Mimemail module allows HTML outgoing mail.
> Does anyone know of any CMS systems that do this out of the box?
:)
> If not, any recommendations as to a starting point to develop a
> customised system that would do this?
Whatever Drupal doesn't do out of the box (which is everything you've
described above), you can make it do using Drupal's clever system of
overrides that allow you to create *maintainable* customised sites with
a minimum of work and risk.
> My preference is for a LAMP based system.
Drupal is a LAMP framework.
Dave
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